Where: Port of San Diego
The EV project: EV ARC portable, solar-powered electric vehicle charging station for employees and visitors
Is that level 1 and level 2 charging? yes
Category Archives: 2019 issue
3 Ways the State of Ohio Funds Transportation Innovation. Public Private Partnerships.
How are the funds distributed? Partnership between The Ohio State University and Honda R&D Americas
How does it lure in innovation?
- Ohio State’s Office of Research hosts pitch day for reasearchers and start ups
- Seed Funding. $25,000 to each project
Ohio State News | Ohio State gives seed funding to spur transportation innovations
New Cost Overrun Projections. High Speed Rail in California.
A project estimate for a 119 mile spanof California’s high speed rail released this week included:
- increase by $1.8 billion
- the new cost increases relate to bridges, viaducts, trenches and roadbed costs
- total cost estiamte of $12.4 billion
- completetion projection: between 2026 and 2030
Governing | Costs for California’s High-Speed Rail Project May Rise by $1.8 Billion
Lege TREND. +1 State Revising EV Tax Credit. Read the Bill.
Where: Georgia
The legislation: HB 732 (2019 | GA)
The EV tax credit proposed:
- $2,500 for new electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and zero-emission vehicles.
- Sunsets in 2023
Does it include a credit for charging stations? Yes
- annual aggregate cap of $10M
- cost of the credit to tGeorgia will never exceed that cap
Did Georgia have a previous EV tax credit? Yes, it was $5000 er vehicle
Clean Technica | Bill Introduced To Reinstate Georgia EV Tax Credit
Lege TREND. State Increases Transportation Revenue. Does not Raise Gas. Tax. Where. What. Why.
Where: Wisconsin
What: A transportation funding plan with no gas tax increase
Why: Why tax when you can impsoe fees?
- increase the annual fee on all-electric vehicles from $75 to $200
- new $100 surcharge on plug-in hybrid cars
- Eliminates state funding for future light-rail train lines
- Bars use of state highway funds for bike lanes
- Prohibits testing of driverless vehicles in the state
- New driving fines, like $100 for driving in the LEFT lane with a car behind you
Lege TREND. EV Registration Fees. +1 Corn Belt State.
Is the Corn Belt a thing? I’m not sure, but the state making these legislative moves is Iowa.
What EV registration fees were enacted?
- $65 in 2020
- $130 in 2022
- lower fees for hybrids
What is the state revenue estimate for the EV fees?
- $200,000 in 2020
- $1.3 million in 2020.
Iowa legislation: House File 767 (2019 | IA)
Local TREND. 3 Examples of strict local Scooter Ordinances
City: Tampa, FL
What 3 local scooter requirements are being labeled strict?
- Companies required to collect and keep thescooters coralled
- Only on the dies walk
- 6 mph speed cap set internally in the scooter
What else do I need to know about this local ordinance?
- temporary pilot program
- includes 4 companies ( Lime, Spin, Jump and Bird)
- 18 years or older
- driver’s license
- Each company must offer a 24 hour liaison and 1-800 hotline
- It could be preempted by statewide scooter legislation that…
Lege TREND. Making Ride Share Drivers Records Public
Louisiana is considering legislation to not allow public access to a Department of Transportation review of ride share driver records.
LSU Manship News Service | Lawmakers deny public access to Uber, Lyft driver records
Lege TREND. +1 New State Safety Bill for Ride Share
State: South Caroline
The new safety bill: reuquire front license plates for ride share
The bill, as amended: H4380 (2019 | SC)
The State | SC could require tag numbers on front of Uber, Lyft cars after USC student’s slaying
TX Lege. Landgraf 3 points on Transportation.
- “For every $1.00 Texas sends to the federal government’s Highway Trust Fund, we only get $0.95 back to help build our public highways”
- Texas is the only donor state in the nation
- Concurrent Resolution 147 by Landgraff talks about this
- The inequitable forumla from the Feds and Texas rapid growth means the time to fix this is now